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those are your two foreign policy experts? those are your two foreign policy speeches? ten years out there was a major effort under way right now to make the war in iraq seem like it was a reasonable idea at the time. to make it seem like we were all in it together in making this unfortunate mistake when we made the decision to go in. actually, ten years ago today, you want to know what was happening around the world? in 600 cities around the world, including dozens of cities here in the united states there were mass street protests against it. not everybody was wrong about this. we didn't all blunder into this together because we all believed what that lousy intelligence turned up. it didn't go that way. there was a deliberate campaign to deceive the public, and it succeeded well enough to start a war based on threats and stories and evidence that were not true. and if the revisionism that we are experiencing right now ten years later is able to succeed then we are doomed to repeat this again as a country some day if we do not come to terms with what happened and how i
those are your two foreign policy experts? those are your two foreign policy speeches? ten years out there was a major effort under way right now to make the war in iraq seem like it was a reasonable idea at the time. to make it seem like we were all in it together in making this unfortunate mistake when we made the decision to go in. actually, ten years ago today, you want to know what was happening around the world? in 600 cities around the world, including dozens of cities here in the united...
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his foreign policy has been a success. theirs, collective failure and envy. >> they may be filled with hatred but there was a moment of unity in washington today, an emotional gathering inside the capitol where a bipartisan group of congressional leaders bestowed its highest civilian honor on the four little girls killed in a 1963 church bombing in birmingham, alabama. i would like you to take a listen to this. >> birmingham had to go through hell, pushed itself forward, and pushed the whole country forward, as well. >> joy, he said that birmingham had to go through hell. and that appears to be an attempt to achieve at least some level of unity on these issues. rather than referring to the president of the united states as a monkey. >> yeah, absolutely. there is a capability of american politics to be dignified, and unifying. because there are some principles that are universal, whether you're a conservative, liberal, republican or democrat. it is really refreshing, let's just say, to see the same component of the republic
his foreign policy has been a success. theirs, collective failure and envy. >> they may be filled with hatred but there was a moment of unity in washington today, an emotional gathering inside the capitol where a bipartisan group of congressional leaders bestowed its highest civilian honor on the four little girls killed in a 1963 church bombing in birmingham, alabama. i would like you to take a listen to this. >> birmingham had to go through hell, pushed itself forward, and pushed...
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and after a decade when democrats were divided more by foreign policy than economics, some of obama's closest advisers now say the president's fight against inequality is the defining issue of our time. his former policy adviser, neara tannen, argues that while american workers have increased their produ their produ their productivity by 23%, most are not compensating workers for gains. 95% of the country's income gains went to the top 1% of earners, she writes, and this widening income inequality has led people across the spectrum to embrace obama's priority in the budget battle, rejecting a, quote, failed austerity measure in favor of smart investments in the middle class. now that new essay is already kicking up dust. and other obama democrats also drawing a line in the sand. former obama aid, blake zeph, argues that it often focuses on cultural liberal issues, while quietly doing wall street's bidding. so to get a window into this debate over the future of the party, we went to the source. joining us is nira tannen, adviser to president obama on the affordable care act, director o
and after a decade when democrats were divided more by foreign policy than economics, some of obama's closest advisers now say the president's fight against inequality is the defining issue of our time. his former policy adviser, neara tannen, argues that while american workers have increased their produ their produ their productivity by 23%, most are not compensating workers for gains. 95% of the country's income gains went to the top 1% of earners, she writes, and this widening income...
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basically, but his lead on foreign policy is a staggering 14 points. what makes republicans think this is a good thing to have a fight over? >> right. up until recently everybody said, look, politics stops at the water's edge, and that hasn't been the case for the last couple years with this republican party. but it turns out that it wasn't necessarily that both parties followed that axiom because they were being nice about it. it turns out that it's incredibly bad politics to challenge your sitting president overseas. and, you know, this benghazi thing has not worked out for the republican party at all. they tried effectively to make it the biggest issue of the presidential campaign in the last several weeks, and people just didn't buy into it. what they saw is a tragedy. something that was -- if it could have been prevented, it should have been prevented, but they weren't going to start pointing blame and ask for the resignations of hillary clinton and throw barack obama out of office. >> right. >> and the idea that you'd be able to stop future cia h
basically, but his lead on foreign policy is a staggering 14 points. what makes republicans think this is a good thing to have a fight over? >> right. up until recently everybody said, look, politics stops at the water's edge, and that hasn't been the case for the last couple years with this republican party. but it turns out that it wasn't necessarily that both parties followed that axiom because they were being nice about it. it turns out that it's incredibly bad politics to challenge...
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. >> is this a new day for foreign policy, where we're going to start to say something and mean it? >> i am open to the idea of military strikes, but that i want to review the evidence. >> the president is, woing the phones, making five calls to a bipartisan group of senators. with the potential for full congressionally votes next week, the president canceled a trip to california to maintain a hands-on approach. i want to bring in nbc political director and chief white house correspondent chuck todd, host of "the daily rundown." he's traveling with the president in petersburg. we saw the president now just huddled with allies before taking his seat this evening. we've learned today that the british government has new evidence of chemical weapons used in syria. the french too say that they have independent corroboration for assad's use of chemical weapons. do you sense that in between these economic discussions, the president is. >> reporter: martzen, that's absolutely the strategy. they see it in connection with their attempts to lobby congress to grant the president authorization.
. >> is this a new day for foreign policy, where we're going to start to say something and mean it? >> i am open to the idea of military strikes, but that i want to review the evidence. >> the president is, woing the phones, making five calls to a bipartisan group of senators. with the potential for full congressionally votes next week, the president canceled a trip to california to maintain a hands-on approach. i want to bring in nbc political director and chief white house...
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is bush going to end up a neocon or a realist on foreign policy? a guy like jim baker. which would be your bet? >> my bet is he would go with the -- not the cheney crowd, the other crowd. i think he would be a realist. >> so we won't have another war every time a bush gets elected? >> i don't think we'd invade iran right away. we're two for two so far. i think he looked very romneyesque in his explanation. >> both bushes had had two a piece. >> i think he looked romneyesque in his explanation of policy. but look at this. if the primary in florida was next year, could he beat marco rubio? i think given this -- >> that's not how we run for president? >> you got to get the primary. but i don't think he could beat rubio in his own state. >> what does that prove? >> it proves i don't think he has the claim. i know people like you who want an adult leader for your party love him. i don't see how he plays with the base of the republican party. >> go with that point. he seems too moderate for your far out wing. >> i don't think he would run against marco rubio. they're friends.
is bush going to end up a neocon or a realist on foreign policy? a guy like jim baker. which would be your bet? >> my bet is he would go with the -- not the cheney crowd, the other crowd. i think he would be a realist. >> so we won't have another war every time a bush gets elected? >> i don't think we'd invade iran right away. we're two for two so far. i think he looked very romneyesque in his explanation. >> both bushes had had two a piece. >> i think he looked...
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i think that the question of guantanamo and certain foreign policies make his situation more complex. particularly as one views it in comparison to the entire arc of a life. particularly as one compares mandela to people like gandhi and king, who have been tested, as tom said, by periods of extraordinary imprisonment. and i think sometimes the wisdom that comes out of those experiences really are the ability to bridge two very different life experiences. and so mandela keeps being called a warrior of peace, warrior of human dignity. and that really embraces i think the contradiction of somebody who has had the deep experience of being both a warrior and a peace maker. obama, i think, has the dignity and certainly in some ways almost the kind of physiology me that resembles the quiet smile of mandela. but i think the long-term history, that's quite -- that's quite a comparison that -- >> it's very hard to make these judgments very early, frankly. professor is quite right. he's quite young. we still have a long way to go, we hope, in the political history of this country. there will be
i think that the question of guantanamo and certain foreign policies make his situation more complex. particularly as one views it in comparison to the entire arc of a life. particularly as one compares mandela to people like gandhi and king, who have been tested, as tom said, by periods of extraordinary imprisonment. and i think sometimes the wisdom that comes out of those experiences really are the ability to bridge two very different life experiences. and so mandela keeps being called a...
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what the administration is doing in terms of its policy using drones overseas, foreign policy sense and also when they've targeted americans, is a real issue and there are memos about that that ron wiwide wyden and others have been asking for. i don't think the administration had a case to hold them back. they have allowed members of the senate intelligence committee and importantly their staff to review those things. what rand paul did yesterday was sort of to mix us up. we have the alex jones view of the world leading the way in terms of the argument on drones. >> it was ludicrous to set up this notion of jane fonda sitting in a cafe in houston and being targeted by a missile. >> here is the problem. these memoranda and this legal process always works with hypotheticals. the administration had a long time where they could have ruled out this potential power as used against americans or noncombatants off the traditional battlefield they didn't do it. you can say rand paul sounds silly but the administration carries in this oversight interplay some of the burden and the brunt as well. a
what the administration is doing in terms of its policy using drones overseas, foreign policy sense and also when they've targeted americans, is a real issue and there are memos about that that ron wiwide wyden and others have been asking for. i don't think the administration had a case to hold them back. they have allowed members of the senate intelligence committee and importantly their staff to review those things. what rand paul did yesterday was sort of to mix us up. we have the alex jones...
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to the foreign policy professionals. i think the president makes policy. and i do sit at the principal's committee table with the other cabinet-level national security officials. and now going on five years doing that. i can tell you that we all have a voice. we all have input. the president is very solicitous not only of the views of the members of cabinet sitting around the table, but those around the wall, the deputies and he puts the recommendations together and ultimately makes a decision and i have not ever felt that on the most critical issues that my voice hasn't been heard. it doesn't mean that i've been on the winning side of every issue, but i've always felt that my perspective was taken seriously. that i had a full opportunity to air it and the issues were weighed and debated in an open and transparent way. now you know, different presidents and different administrations model their national security architecture in different ways. we do have an active and energetic national security staff and national security council. but i found that process
to the foreign policy professionals. i think the president makes policy. and i do sit at the principal's committee table with the other cabinet-level national security officials. and now going on five years doing that. i can tell you that we all have a voice. we all have input. the president is very solicitous not only of the views of the members of cabinet sitting around the table, but those around the wall, the deputies and he puts the recommendations together and ultimately makes a decision...
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he said, give me foreign-policy. you guys can work on appropriations. we will do things like interstate highway systems. we have to find a way of making government active again and doing stuff. maybe we will get an immigration bill. i am not that hopeful. it's very hard with the attitude of the tea party people in different parts of the country to get anything done. you said something so smart. christie is known for -- it seems so high school -- physical contact with the president. we think of them not hugging or anything. they do not have a bororomance anything. somebody from south carolina, i was ten feet from him i told him to his face that i can't stand looking at you, or you live. there's an almost physical rejection of him as an african-american, let's be honest about it. charlie christian gets knocked out of the republican party for physical contact with this president. it sounds so primitive, but it is travel. it was to bring people together, not to break out into tribes. the republican party is doing that. christie is not a tribal list. >> the
he said, give me foreign-policy. you guys can work on appropriations. we will do things like interstate highway systems. we have to find a way of making government active again and doing stuff. maybe we will get an immigration bill. i am not that hopeful. it's very hard with the attitude of the tea party people in different parts of the country to get anything done. you said something so smart. christie is known for -- it seems so high school -- physical contact with the president. we think of...
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bush on foreign policy and colin powell on foreign policy and brent scowcroft on foreign policy and certainly your father, dr. brzezinski, on foreign policy. mark halperin, he is so in the mainstream of washington u.s. foreign policy except, of course, unless you're a neoconservative. and i'm not knocking neocons. i love dan senor. i have one as a friend. >> i have a brother. >> i expect bill kristol -- and mika's brother's a neocon. holy cow, the guy wants to invade, like, canada. i understand, i can respect that and them, but to say chuck hagel is outside of the mainstream of political thought when it comes to u.s. foreign policy, that's just not true. >> you take him on paper, his resume for this job is sterling. he's close to vice president biden. that's something that no one could say was anything but a big positive. but i will tell you, you look at the sunday shows yesterday, and in general, this debate over the last two weeks, the dog that is not barking is vocal support from senate democrats. there's a reason -- or several reasons -- why senate democrats are not out there defending ch
bush on foreign policy and colin powell on foreign policy and brent scowcroft on foreign policy and certainly your father, dr. brzezinski, on foreign policy. mark halperin, he is so in the mainstream of washington u.s. foreign policy except, of course, unless you're a neoconservative. and i'm not knocking neocons. i love dan senor. i have one as a friend. >> i have a brother. >> i expect bill kristol -- and mika's brother's a neocon. holy cow, the guy wants to invade, like, canada....
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policy among some of the characters in the house -- >> doesn't that make the case for why harry should have done, this because of the ted cruzes of the world and the tea parties of the world? they're trying to stop absolutely everything. i do kind of blame harry right now. he had a chance to fix this. david, your thoughts. >> you know, i think that harry reid made a call that the democrats may end up the minority position in the years ahead and he doesn't want to totally get rid of the filibuster. you can blame him, but really you've got to look at the people who are leading this phony charge. and we have to -- the way they're sort of burdening the senate now, so if you don't like what the administration did on benghazi, which is not really a department of defense issue, then you penalize the department of defense by not letting a transition proceed there when we're fighting a war overseas. and you have people like lindsey graham and john mccain who claim to be patriots who care about the pentagon and claim to care about the military, but yet they're really showing a lot of pique here.
policy among some of the characters in the house -- >> doesn't that make the case for why harry should have done, this because of the ted cruzes of the world and the tea parties of the world? they're trying to stop absolutely everything. i do kind of blame harry right now. he had a chance to fix this. david, your thoughts. >> you know, i think that harry reid made a call that the democrats may end up the minority position in the years ahead and he doesn't want to totally get rid of...
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policy. and at the federal level, we are now, today, deciding if we want to keep letting the nra be in charge of this part of public policy. under the nra's leadership, after all, we have built a national policy system in this area in which if you are on the terrorist watch list, you can't fly on a plane, but you can buy an ar-15 assault rifle and 100-round drum magazine while you're on the terrorist watch list. our system now is a system in which if you are adjudicated mentally ill, if you try to buy a gun here in a store like this, they will run a background check on you that should show you have been adjudicated mentally ill and you will not be allowed to buy a gun in that store. but if you want to buy the same gun here at a gun show instead of a gun store, if you've been adjudicated mentally ill and you want to buy a gun at a gun show, feel free, go ahead, go nuts. oh, yeah, you are already. in the very, very, very, very cautious baby steps consensus legislation unveiled today in washingt
policy. and at the federal level, we are now, today, deciding if we want to keep letting the nra be in charge of this part of public policy. under the nra's leadership, after all, we have built a national policy system in this area in which if you are on the terrorist watch list, you can't fly on a plane, but you can buy an ar-15 assault rifle and 100-round drum magazine while you're on the terrorist watch list. our system now is a system in which if you are adjudicated mentally ill, if you try...
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look, i mean, he's got his views about domestic policy and foreign policy. i think both are flawed. i do think it is a test and a challenge for republicans, though. which is they need to step up in my view and oppose obama care. dismantle it as much as they can. delay it as much as they can. they need to oppose really bad deals like the iranian nuclear deal. richard is right. we were making fairly major concessions on sanctions for nothing. for not the cessation of enrichment which has been the demand in the u.s. security council resolutions. republicans need to also say what they would do in both foreign policy and domestic policy. >> here, here. >> they need to have a conservative reform agenda in domestic policy. i think the first republican candidate who steps out and says as clinton did, i've got an agenda that will help get the country going and reform this bloated, big government system we've had that's gradually grown and not so gradually grown for so many decades. >> right. >> conservative reform agenda at home. a serious addressing of our foreign policy issues abroad. that
look, i mean, he's got his views about domestic policy and foreign policy. i think both are flawed. i do think it is a test and a challenge for republicans, though. which is they need to step up in my view and oppose obama care. dismantle it as much as they can. delay it as much as they can. they need to oppose really bad deals like the iranian nuclear deal. richard is right. we were making fairly major concessions on sanctions for nothing. for not the cessation of enrichment which has been the...
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. >> and her toughness resounded on the foreign policy front. thatcher won a war with argentina for the forkland islands in 1982. one of the last outposts of the british empire. she became a close confidant of president ronald reagan, inspiring intense affection from republicans to this day. former first lady nancy reagan said in a statement, "ronnie and margaret were political soulmates, committed to freedom and resolved to end communism. as prime minister, margaret had the clear vision and strong determination to stand up for her beliefs at a time when so many were afraid to rock the boat." both former presidents bush mourned the loss of a staunch american ally. but it was perhaps republican house leaders who were most defusive today, with speak ur john boehner's statement. "the greatest peacetime prime minister in british history is dead. margaret thatcher, a grocer's daughter, stared down elites, union bosses and communists to win three consecutive elections. establish conservative principles in western europe, and bring down the iron curtai
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but that said, he really -- it is open to the criticism that this foreign policy is all over the place. and they seem distracted and they haven't focused on what matters. >> and in fact, i might suggest that there might be a certain kind of hubris associated with secretary kerry, from the very sense that this is the job he has waited his whole life to have if and i wonder, as much as we talk about how high the stakes are from an american position, if we are failing to recognize how high the stakes are for those in the neighborhood of iran. >> yeah, you know, you're sitting at a different perspective. i think one of the simplistic things you've seen about the whole calculus for israel is that iran with a nuclear bomb means a mushroom cloud. that's not what it means necessarily for israel. nobody actually believes that the first thing the iranians are going to do is bomb israel. what it means is that it's sort of exponentialized. hezbollah, which has provoked two wars with israel, or had two provocative incidents with israel, in 2000 and 2006, to which israel responded with nuclear force
but that said, he really -- it is open to the criticism that this foreign policy is all over the place. and they seem distracted and they haven't focused on what matters. >> and in fact, i might suggest that there might be a certain kind of hubris associated with secretary kerry, from the very sense that this is the job he has waited his whole life to have if and i wonder, as much as we talk about how high the stakes are from an american position, if we are failing to recognize how high...
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organizing his foreign policy. and my dad, i think, kind of waited until bush v. gore was decided. he knew in his own rather dimini diminished, mental diminished way that i was going to washington, but i said to president bush when he called me to say i want you to come and be my national security adviser, i said, i can't do it. i said i can't leave my father many this state. he's all i have and i'm all he has. and he said, we'll work it out. you can come back every week. he was trying to work it out. couple days later, my father died. and i thought to myself, daddy, you didn't do that so i could go to washington, did you? >> wow. >> but it would have been just like him. >> once you got out of alabama, who -- were there people you looked up to that mentored you or that you used as role models? >> all along the way there were people who advocated for me. this idea that you get there on your own, none of us got there on our own. somebody was there for us. and so i say to young people, look to those people, and i say to those of us who are old enough to have made it, look back and fin
organizing his foreign policy. and my dad, i think, kind of waited until bush v. gore was decided. he knew in his own rather dimini diminished, mental diminished way that i was going to washington, but i said to president bush when he called me to say i want you to come and be my national security adviser, i said, i can't do it. i said i can't leave my father many this state. he's all i have and i'm all he has. and he said, we'll work it out. you can come back every week. he was trying to work...
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restraint at home and in foreign policy. >> his music was? >> mika is pro fluoride. >> stop that. >> but her father. >> stop that. >> bohemian grove. >> we do have other things to cover this morning, willie? >> stop that. >> do you know that? >> is that not amazing? amazing. it's friday morning, everybody. >> reverend al, will you help me out here? >> i tried. friday's, it's hopeless. >> it's hopeless. >> that's why they give sundays to preachers. >> and you'll be there in the pey. >> he does go to church. i'm trying to get him to go to my church. >> you should go. we should go! i want to see that. >> what time is your sermon? >> i do one at 8:00 and at 11:00. i'll do a special one for joe. >> he might need a private confession. >> a great guy, dedicated christian, actually steve largent was called a human highlight reel when he introduced me because we roomed for a couple of months together. and he called me a human mission field. >> a human mission? >> by myself. >> human mission field? >> yeah. >> which means -- which means, you know, you
restraint at home and in foreign policy. >> his music was? >> mika is pro fluoride. >> stop that. >> but her father. >> stop that. >> bohemian grove. >> we do have other things to cover this morning, willie? >> stop that. >> do you know that? >> is that not amazing? amazing. it's friday morning, everybody. >> reverend al, will you help me out here? >> i tried. friday's, it's hopeless. >> it's hopeless. >> that's...
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bush who in 2000 said that he wanted to have a limited foreign policy. he didn't -- he didn't want to engage in nation building. and you saw that turn into a republican party that was dominated by neocons. the thing i love about the chuck hagel debate is it gives us republicans that believe in the sort of foreign policy that colin powell believes in, that bush 41 believes, brent scowcroft believes in, hagel gives us a person we can wrangle around and defend in support of limited military venturism. i think that's good for republican party, good for the obama cabinet, i think it's good for america. >> i agree. i voted for bush. one of the reasons i voted for bush, first time i voted republican for president and maybe the last time for a while is because he said we wanted humility in our foreign policy. that struck a cord with me. we're trying to be the world policemen. you're right. i think this debate's going to be about how big a role -- i thought hagel's probably the most controversial thing he said, we know the other controversial things. one that'll
bush who in 2000 said that he wanted to have a limited foreign policy. he didn't -- he didn't want to engage in nation building. and you saw that turn into a republican party that was dominated by neocons. the thing i love about the chuck hagel debate is it gives us republicans that believe in the sort of foreign policy that colin powell believes in, that bush 41 believes, brent scowcroft believes in, hagel gives us a person we can wrangle around and defend in support of limited military...
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he wasn't the master of the senate as johnson was and he was a foreign policy president. his only black adviser said you care more about germany than alabama. and it was true. he gets richard russell powerful senator from georgia and a segregationist to say protect my rear as i get out of vietnam and we'll go easy on civil rights. we would have had a vote rights act because that was too important black and whitish. we would have had a great society. that's not how john kennedy thought. johnson wanted to be fdr. in my alternate history johnson would have been kicked out of office because investigations would have continued had kennedy not been murdered. >> do you look at anyone in modern politic, do you look at bush v gore or obama -- >> die a bush v gore ebook because people demand it. this book ends in 1968. also by the way i should mention take it through john kennedy's private life because tissue of whether his sexual behavior would have become public. we may not want to talk about it. it was a critical public policy issue and i have some things to say about how that m
he wasn't the master of the senate as johnson was and he was a foreign policy president. his only black adviser said you care more about germany than alabama. and it was true. he gets richard russell powerful senator from georgia and a segregationist to say protect my rear as i get out of vietnam and we'll go easy on civil rights. we would have had a vote rights act because that was too important black and whitish. we would have had a great society. that's not how john kennedy thought. johnson...
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policy experts disagree with the prime minister's position. in a statement, brzezinski, mika's day write in part quote should the united states fail to take this historic opportunity we risk filing achieve our nonproliferation goal and losing the support of allies and friends while indeterioration probability of war. additional sanctions now against iran with the view to extracting even more concessions in the negotiations will risk undermining or even shutting down negotiations. if the united states is wrong to be handing the iranian regime a lifeline at a point when iran is crippled by sanctions why not just bring the iranians to their knee, carry on with the sanctions and say we're going dictate the terms. >> i totally agree with you. in today's "wall street journal" there's -- i'm sorry in the "new york times" there's a quote saying we need israel, the administration, the israeli has a different view. we want to put constraints and limiteds on iran's nuclear program. israelis want to dismantle. it's a fundamental disagreement. i don't beli
policy experts disagree with the prime minister's position. in a statement, brzezinski, mika's day write in part quote should the united states fail to take this historic opportunity we risk filing achieve our nonproliferation goal and losing the support of allies and friends while indeterioration probability of war. additional sanctions now against iran with the view to extracting even more concessions in the negotiations will risk undermining or even shutting down negotiations. if the united...
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policy. right now when you see that the public has a generic d and a generic r mindset already, you know, i don't see it. >> harold ford. put yourself in the shoes of somebody trying to advise christie. you look back at these last two republican nominee, they ran to the right. do you advise christie to stay himself, take the risk of perhaps losing a primary but running on his own or shifting to the right to win enough votes? >> you know, rudy giuliani tried to do it on his own so it didn't work. that path didn't work either. we know the romney and mccain path. he has to figure out how to talk to -- i think he has to show up to these tea party events and maybe disagree with them a little bit. but show up. the same advice he's giving other republicans about showing up to hispanic communities and showing up to african-american communities, that's right generally. he has to do what the this republican conservatives. >> if he makes shiftses to the right the problem is sticking to the message that
policy. right now when you see that the public has a generic d and a generic r mindset already, you know, i don't see it. >> harold ford. put yourself in the shoes of somebody trying to advise christie. you look back at these last two republican nominee, they ran to the right. do you advise christie to stay himself, take the risk of perhaps losing a primary but running on his own or shifting to the right to win enough votes? >> you know, rudy giuliani tried to do it on his own so it...
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it makes it very difficult to rally democrats and republicans around your foreign policy. that's the number that makes it very difficult for you to go out and campaign for members of your political party in the mid-terms. that's the number that changes daily life in the west when because every planning meeting be every that number reaches those lows is how the president can help pass a law, how the president can help pass his agenda, how the democrat can support the democrats. once that number flips upsidedown, it's about keeping the president away from the priorities that matter the most. >> you take all of these polls in some, it's how front and center the health care law is for everybody. 35% said it was the economy forming their opinions about the president of the united states. there are some areas where the economy is getting better. yet the president's numbers continues to tick down. it shows people are focused in, whether the white house wants them to be or not on obama care. >> it will be necessary that the overall poll numbers get better. i'm not sure it will be
it makes it very difficult to rally democrats and republicans around your foreign policy. that's the number that makes it very difficult for you to go out and campaign for members of your political party in the mid-terms. that's the number that changes daily life in the west when because every planning meeting be every that number reaches those lows is how the president can help pass a law, how the president can help pass his agenda, how the democrat can support the democrats. once that number...
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foreign policy and our approach to trying to keep this country safe? some would argue that the slippery slope just turned completely vertical when it comes to the use of drones. and how do you think brennan did? >> first of all, let me just say this. i think the discussion yesterday was, in some respects, a tribute to american democracy. i think it was a performance which emphasized the degree to which we are attached to fundamental principles of law and right and humanity. now, how you apply that can differ. but i was impressed by the tone and the thrust of the discussion. now, as to the issues, they're extremely complicated and difficult to parse. you know, what is torture? torture to me means infliction of incredible pain on a human being. i would think that would be prohipr prohibited under our system, that would be considered as crossing the line. stress, pressure, intimidation, i think these are acceptable forms of obtaining information if you have time. the difficulty that arises in one particular case when you know you don't have time, when you
foreign policy and our approach to trying to keep this country safe? some would argue that the slippery slope just turned completely vertical when it comes to the use of drones. and how do you think brennan did? >> first of all, let me just say this. i think the discussion yesterday was, in some respects, a tribute to american democracy. i think it was a performance which emphasized the degree to which we are attached to fundamental principles of law and right and humanity. now, how you...
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what the presidents do year after year after year, they turn to foreign policy. the domestic policy, whatever it is gets so tough for all the reasons david just said, they turn to foreign policy. they pretty much have complete control. >> it's always hard in the white house, whether your first or second term. the issues are massive. i think it's harder today than it was when nicolle and i were there. it's always hard. that's not to excuse president obama, but i understand a lot. >> that's not, i think moving into politics. i think the whole climate is so fast. it happens to athletes and people in your business. this is everything. this is -- >> you think it's harder today even than when you were there? when you were there it was igly. >> the climate is faster. the pace is faster. >> before we go to break, ari fleischer, you write why the white house must pass. >> you have to transcend partisanship. when it comes to equal rights for gays, why lose a job because of sexual orientation. i call on the house of representatives to call on it, vote on it and pass it. >>
what the presidents do year after year after year, they turn to foreign policy. the domestic policy, whatever it is gets so tough for all the reasons david just said, they turn to foreign policy. they pretty much have complete control. >> it's always hard in the white house, whether your first or second term. the issues are massive. i think it's harder today than it was when nicolle and i were there. it's always hard. that's not to excuse president obama, but i understand a lot. >>...
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the province of foreign policies, where you look to build your legacy. on all this fiscal issues, it looks like it will be the work of the next president because there's not going to be a deal done. >> all right. joe also challenged krugman's ideas about government spending. >> basically, any kind of spending cut right now is going to hurt the economy. >> entitlements or not? >> whether it's entitlements or not. even if it's wasteful defense spending it's going to hurt the economy if you cut it right now, which doesn't mean we shouldn't be looking for ways to cure waste. right now, spending is spending. if we -- so do the kind of entitlement reform i want and stop overpaying for medicare, stop paying for unnecessary treatments. that's clearly something we want to do in the long run. right now it's going to mean less income for hospitals. it's going to be a problem for the economy. >> i don't think spending is spending. not all dollars -- not all investments are created equally. >> then you just don't understand what it means to be a depressed economy. ho
the province of foreign policies, where you look to build your legacy. on all this fiscal issues, it looks like it will be the work of the next president because there's not going to be a deal done. >> all right. joe also challenged krugman's ideas about government spending. >> basically, any kind of spending cut right now is going to hurt the economy. >> entitlements or not? >> whether it's entitlements or not. even if it's wasteful defense spending it's going to hurt...
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you've covered foreign policy in washington for a long time. can you put this into some kind of perspective, historically? how rare is it for this to happen to a president's nominee? >> well, this is very rare. i mean, it's unprecedented. i covered the john tower nomination. he was the former chairman of the committee of the armed services committee. and that was also something that john mccain brought up yesterday. that's part of the grudge match. he wasn't filibustered because the administration just lost that one. but this filibuster with a recess permits the opposition to keep upping the ante. i mean, one of the things that you and joe are pointing out here is that every time chuck hagel turns a corner, they're flowing something else up there. benghazi wasn't even on his watch. they used it to try to get leverage. to try to get more information about what the president did on that night. did he go to bed? was he calling the pentagon? who was in charge? something that they could have asked in another context. they did get a letter from the w
you've covered foreign policy in washington for a long time. can you put this into some kind of perspective, historically? how rare is it for this to happen to a president's nominee? >> well, this is very rare. i mean, it's unprecedented. i covered the john tower nomination. he was the former chairman of the committee of the armed services committee. and that was also something that john mccain brought up yesterday. that's part of the grudge match. he wasn't filibustered because the...
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that is a centerpiece of obama foreign policy. he made that pledge a number of times and that is the policy that we are pursuing. i was in the senate. i was chairman of the foreign relations committee at the time we passed the bill. i helped to pass it and believe in them. the reason we passed the sanctions was to be able to negotiate. the sanctions are working. we are now able to negotiate. what we are really asking the congress to do is give us the time to be able to negotiate and present a good deal that would be able to protect israel and protect our interest and the region and guarantee, i mean guarantee fail that iran will not be able to get a nuclear weapon. it's a simple proposition. >> i understand that simple math you are doing. yesterday you told everyone, you told reporters and everybody that they need to calm down about the prospect of postponing new sanctions on iran. some might ask why we would even be considering easing sanctions. >> in fact the core sanctions regime does not really get eased. 95% or more of the cu
that is a centerpiece of obama foreign policy. he made that pledge a number of times and that is the policy that we are pursuing. i was in the senate. i was chairman of the foreign relations committee at the time we passed the bill. i helped to pass it and believe in them. the reason we passed the sanctions was to be able to negotiate. the sanctions are working. we are now able to negotiate. what we are really asking the congress to do is give us the time to be able to negotiate and present a...
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>> dick cheney, by the way, had choice words for the president's foreign policy team. i'm not sure i agree with that. in "the new york times," a great must-read, quietly killing a consumer watchdog. it's how the republicans are just doing everything they can not to have the consumer financial protection bureau that was created by elizabeth warren under president obama actually function because it would keep them, quite frankly, from being able to get their money from all their donors on wall street. and they do not want to lose the people who helped them out. so they want to make sure that the consumer suffers so that they can gain politically. it's a good one. take a look at it. coming up -- >> we're also going to talk about nancy pelosi saying we don't have a spending problem, and the problem with medicare is not medicare. we've got a lot to talk about straight ahead. >> gail collins of "the new york times" joins us straight ahead. >> she's got a great column. >> i love it. you're watching "morning joe" brewed by starbucks. humans. even when we cross our t's and dot
>> dick cheney, by the way, had choice words for the president's foreign policy team. i'm not sure i agree with that. in "the new york times," a great must-read, quietly killing a consumer watchdog. it's how the republicans are just doing everything they can not to have the consumer financial protection bureau that was created by elizabeth warren under president obama actually function because it would keep them, quite frankly, from being able to get their money from all their...
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it's the president who's going to run foreign policy. one thing we know that president obama and chuck hagel both would like to cut spending in the pentagon, and that is a hard thing to do. because the defense lobby is extremely powerful. and i think you're going to see that -- well, before confirmation and certainly after a confirmation. they're going to push back hard. >> gail, i'm interested in the personal dynamic between some of these characters. they all were -- republicans used to be the party of mavericks. and here you've got one of the mavericks and they all apparently hate him. >> mavericks are very bad. >> how much of this do you think is the personal rivalry? so they all say oh, a senator can get confirmed easily because we all know them, but they hate each other, don't they? >> well, some do more than others. the interesting thing what you were talking about before is that mccain and barack obama got along so well in the senate, and you can really imagine the two of them sitting there saying, these guys are so dumb. oh, my g
it's the president who's going to run foreign policy. one thing we know that president obama and chuck hagel both would like to cut spending in the pentagon, and that is a hard thing to do. because the defense lobby is extremely powerful. and i think you're going to see that -- well, before confirmation and certainly after a confirmation. they're going to push back hard. >> gail, i'm interested in the personal dynamic between some of these characters. they all were -- republicans used to...
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that's conventional foreign policy thinking that, you know, bipartisan consensus among some foreign policy folks that you got to have some residual force there particularly if you want to deal with counterterrorism and particularly with al qaeda. the issues are isn't this really a glorified security force for the karzai government, right, in -- because there's concern if karzai is gone or his government is gone then suddenly there will be instability again and then when there's instability it becomes a safe-haven. the issue is politically there's just no appetite -- yesterday i thought it was interesting there was a bipartisan group of senators. the oregon guys, and rand paul and mike lee put a joint statement out saying you know what? we want to vote on this afghanistan deal. congress gets to pull the purse string. but they want to vote specifically and basically the strong, the strong hint on this release was hey, if we're going keep trooms in harm's way beyond 2014 let congress have a sane this. guess what? if congress does i think there's a growing sort of just get out consensus on cap
that's conventional foreign policy thinking that, you know, bipartisan consensus among some foreign policy folks that you got to have some residual force there particularly if you want to deal with counterterrorism and particularly with al qaeda. the issues are isn't this really a glorified security force for the karzai government, right, in -- because there's concern if karzai is gone or his government is gone then suddenly there will be instability again and then when there's instability it...
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policy officials. now, it ended with a pledge -- with an agreement that both sides will work together for the denuclearization of the korean peninsula. now what's less clear is precisely what that means, what concrete measures china will take. there was no sign, no indication of what immediate pressure china may exert to overcome the current crisis. at a press conference john kerry said he was convinced china is serious and he went on to give a little bit more detail. this is what he had to say. >> we also join together in calling on north korea to refrain from provocations and to abide by international obligations. >> reporter: now, china sf diplomatically they're never one to shout out loud. chinese diplomacy does tend to be quite low key, and in the past when they have pressured north korea, almost ten years ago this month, they cut the oil supply, but that was presented as a technical problem with the line. so whatever pressure china does exert, it's unlikely to be well-publicized. it may be low ke
policy officials. now, it ended with a pledge -- with an agreement that both sides will work together for the denuclearization of the korean peninsula. now what's less clear is precisely what that means, what concrete measures china will take. there was no sign, no indication of what immediate pressure china may exert to overcome the current crisis. at a press conference john kerry said he was convinced china is serious and he went on to give a little bit more detail. this is what he had to...
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foreign policy will always depend on having a relation with the islamic world and arab world. there's no doubt saudi arabia will play a big role in that -- in that situation. >> are saudi leaders concerned by what they've seen across the middle east? that mubarak, who is one of our closest allies for 30 years, and one of our best friends for 30 years, in the eyes of many people in the middle east, i'm not characterizing this, this is what i've heard from ambassadors across the middle east, that the second things got uncomfortable, the united states threw mubarak overboard. does that give saudi leaders pause? >> frankly speaking, neither united states more any other power in the world could have done anything to salvage the hosni mubarak regime. we have all these people in tahrir square asking for his removal. the united states could have done nothing frankly speaking. the era of mubarak clearly came to an end when this major rebellion took place. however, we've seen the alternative. the guy was heading the direction of one man, one vote, one kind. which is -- >> one man, one v
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it gave him a chance to run a really active foreign policy. he essentially had his own agency for international development. and he would put billions of dollars through subsidized oil and the rest into places like cuba, nicaragaragua and so fort. his vision for latin america that was extraordinarily radical. he was not democratic, to say the least. he, again, was an extreme populist. he consolidated power. he hurt institutions within venezuela. my own hunch is he did not put venezuela on anything like a long-term trajectory to sustain his own vision because so much of it, again, was simply because of fuel and higher oil prices. so i think venezuela and the region now faces a long period of uncertainty. my hunch is, though, his own guy will win the election. he does have a lot of popular support. but he didn't, again, economically or politically, put this country on a long-term track that can be sustained. the economy is in a real mess with inflation, with extraordinarily high levels of debt. it's all based upon oil. so big question marks. and
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she has a question >> you're the ranking member on the foreign policy committee. to what degree has this impacted our ability to respond to a crisis, to what degree does it put our national security at risk? you mentioned this but expand on that a little bit. >> i think any time our steadiness as a nation is questioned, it harms us. i was at a dinner on saturday night, typically i'm in tennessee on the weekends but i was with a bunch of foreign ministers from around the world who is here for the world bank and imf. look any time we place in question our ability to move ahead as a nation it hurts us and causes people to begin to look other places. i was earlier this year in china, japan and south korea as we first had new elected leadership there and i have to tell you, again, our inability to wrestle with these issues in an appropriate and regular way causes allies to question whether we're going to be there and so now you see japan as you well know looking at the way they deal with their military operations in a very different way. south korea is concerned about
she has a question >> you're the ranking member on the foreign policy committee. to what degree has this impacted our ability to respond to a crisis, to what degree does it put our national security at risk? you mentioned this but expand on that a little bit. >> i think any time our steadiness as a nation is questioned, it harms us. i was at a dinner on saturday night, typically i'm in tennessee on the weekends but i was with a bunch of foreign ministers from around the world who is...
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the principal instrument of foreign policy ultimately. we moved into an age subsequent to it and not long afterwards in which we came to recognize that atomic weapons were standoff weapons. the country created paralysis. they are not weapons you want to use. that means collective suicide. we are now in that phase. when we talked about it, it's relevant to that. we have want to have a system in which there is deterrents. in a way that creates balance and we want a system in which everyone else refrains from having them. >> doctor, thank you. we'll be right back. the most free research reports, customizable charts, powerful screening tools, and guaranteed 1-second trades. and at the center of it all is a surprisingly low price -- just $7.95. in fact, fidelity gives you lower trade commissions than schwab, td ameritrade, and etrade. i'm monica santiago of fidelity investments, and low fees and commissions are another reason serious investors are choosing fidelity. now get 200 free trades when you open an account. i'to guard their manhood wit
the principal instrument of foreign policy ultimately. we moved into an age subsequent to it and not long afterwards in which we came to recognize that atomic weapons were standoff weapons. the country created paralysis. they are not weapons you want to use. that means collective suicide. we are now in that phase. when we talked about it, it's relevant to that. we have want to have a system in which there is deterrents. in a way that creates balance and we want a system in which everyone else...
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i think there were two sentences on foreign policy. i think you have to say more about the position of the united states and the world. >> the middle east is in flames right now. you should probably talk about it. >> you have to be self-aware. and i think of chris christie, who i believe, unless i remember incorrectly, turned it down. >> he's a smart man, chris christie, and he's in the 70s. >> he turned this one down? >> not this one. >> i have a question that perhaps john heilemann can answer. marco rubio's a smart guy, an attractive guy, an articulate guy with a terrific life story. why is it that in an age in the past few months when the republicans have been talking about broadening the base of the party, speaking to a larger audience, why is it that he spent so much time last night seemingly preaching to the choir rather than talking to the country? >> that's a good point. >> well, you know, mike, i think he points out the awkward intraparty politics that the republicans now face. you know, you have a party that does need to broa
i think there were two sentences on foreign policy. i think you have to say more about the position of the united states and the world. >> the middle east is in flames right now. you should probably talk about it. >> you have to be self-aware. and i think of chris christie, who i believe, unless i remember incorrectly, turned it down. >> he's a smart man, chris christie, and he's in the 70s. >> he turned this one down? >> not this one. >> i have a question...
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. >> other foreign policies that are raw. >> here's the ramifications to this. leon panetta very critical of the president's handling. look at this out of china even a deal to avoid default is reached may not be enough to save america's standing throughout the world. one example of an editorial from a chinese state-run news agency. writing in part this, the cyclical stagnation in washington for a viable bipartisan solution over a federal budget and an approval for raising debt ceiling has again left many nations tremendous dollar assets in jeopardy and the international community highly agonized. such alarming days in the destinies of others. all nations big or small poor or rich -- >> this is a mouthpiece of the chinese government. a lot of people say so what? so what? chinese business leaders are saying this. >> christine lagarde. >> business leaders across the middle east. people that invest in america and the dollar are starting to say this. >> yeah, no question. look the chinese own say a trillion dollars of our debt. the old joke if you owe your banker $10
. >> other foreign policies that are raw. >> here's the ramifications to this. leon panetta very critical of the president's handling. look at this out of china even a deal to avoid default is reached may not be enough to save america's standing throughout the world. one example of an editorial from a chinese state-run news agency. writing in part this, the cyclical stagnation in washington for a viable bipartisan solution over a federal budget and an approval for raising debt...
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what the north korean crisis means for american foreign policy in the pacific. "morning joe" is back in just a moment. >> kim jung-un monday threaten america. he gets to the office monday, oh, yeah, today is the day. when you hear that, gosh, i hope he doesn't do that. but then the more you think about it, they're not going to, i mean, north korea is like a carnival cruise for the love of god. you know, they're not going to destroy anybody. they have no electricity, no plumbing, they don't have enough food, no fresh water, they don't know where they're going. when you have diabetes... your doctor will say get smart about your weight. i tried weight loss plans... but their shakes aren't always made for people with diabetes. that's why there's glucerna hunger smart shakes. they have carb steady, with carbs that digest slowly to help minimize blood sugar spikes. and they have six grams of sugars. with fifteen grams of protein to help manage hunger... look who's getting smart about her weight. [ male announcer ] glucerna hunger smart. a smart way to help manage hung
what the north korean crisis means for american foreign policy in the pacific. "morning joe" is back in just a moment. >> kim jung-un monday threaten america. he gets to the office monday, oh, yeah, today is the day. when you hear that, gosh, i hope he doesn't do that. but then the more you think about it, they're not going to, i mean, north korea is like a carnival cruise for the love of god. you know, they're not going to destroy anybody. they have no electricity, no plumbing,...
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we're fans of chuck, i like chuck, like his foreign policy. he's a realist, not a neo con and he turned in one of the worst performances on capitol hill. i will be the first to admit it. could have been better said the washington redskins when they lost 73-0. could have been better and i think chuck will be the first to admit that. are you going to support him? >> yes, i am. >> why? >> he's real. really real. he's been through war, been on the front line and been wounded. i asked him is there anything you can give me to doubt you wouldn't do anything to defend this country and america. >> you're talking about iran and -- >> i'm talking everything. he gave me a very satisfactory answer. his actions of spoken for that. also on israel. we were concerned about israel and iran. he gave two very strong answers on that. i have no doubt he would do everything he can to protect our country and fight for it and draw basically strong with our allies with israel. i feel comfortable with him and i hope he would be confirmed. >> you think he will be? >> i t
we're fans of chuck, i like chuck, like his foreign policy. he's a realist, not a neo con and he turned in one of the worst performances on capitol hill. i will be the first to admit it. could have been better said the washington redskins when they lost 73-0. could have been better and i think chuck will be the first to admit that. are you going to support him? >> yes, i am. >> why? >> he's real. really real. he's been through war, been on the front line and been wounded. i...
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the whole idea that women form a critical plank of all foreign policy is essential to keep maintain with three women secretaries of state they have pushed it and it's been good. is it going to sustain is the question. >> andrea, you're just back from a trip with secretary kerry. >> interestingly. i spent my spring vacation, my spring break in iraq and afghanistan with john kerry. >> wow. >> oh, good. >> that is going to be a movie. >> he took an hour and it was a very unusual event with the afghan women. women business owners talking to him about their individual problems. this was at the embassy. not only traditional women crafts businesses. one woman owns a trucking company with 500 trucks under her consignment. what did she say her problem was? between 32% and 36% of her spending has to pay protection for those trucks. the biggest problem is women under law in afghanistan still k cannot get credit. they have their businesses and education and many are resisting the male pressures on the education front. under the constitution they have the right to education but not the right to credi
the whole idea that women form a critical plank of all foreign policy is essential to keep maintain with three women secretaries of state they have pushed it and it's been good. is it going to sustain is the question. >> andrea, you're just back from a trip with secretary kerry. >> interestingly. i spent my spring vacation, my spring break in iraq and afghanistan with john kerry. >> wow. >> oh, good. >> that is going to be a movie. >> he took an hour and it...
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foreign policy in syria and iran. the saudis are a key american allies in the region. prince turkey said u.s. inaction in syria bordered on, quote, criminal negligence. he was also outraged saudi arabia was left out of the loop in negotiating a secret nuclear deal with iran, a deal he says does not go far enough from preventing tehran from getting a nuclear bomb. >>> iran is at it again. the country claims its space program sent another monkey into space this weekend. iran's news agency says the monkey named fargam spent about 15 minutes in space before it parachuted back to earth. you may remember the last time the country says it sent a monkey into space, a photo showed a different monkey before takeoff and then after its return to earth leading some question the launch may have had some problems. iran says it simply released the wrong photo. okay. >>> our next guest says israel was at a moment of existential crisis. why author and journalist ari shavit says the jewish state is threatening its own future and joins the table when "morning joe" comes right back. [ male
foreign policy in syria and iran. the saudis are a key american allies in the region. prince turkey said u.s. inaction in syria bordered on, quote, criminal negligence. he was also outraged saudi arabia was left out of the loop in negotiating a secret nuclear deal with iran, a deal he says does not go far enough from preventing tehran from getting a nuclear bomb. >>> iran is at it again. the country claims its space program sent another monkey into space this weekend. iran's news...
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joining us now the president of the council on foreign relations and author of the book "foreign policy begins at home, the case for putting america's house in order." richard haas good to have you here. our first must read is from the "new york times" and i'll need your help. >> i have to put my glasses on. >> what's this word? look. right here. handyuberwachung. that would be called spying on cell phone calls. yeah. that's easier to say. obama in his cool detachment is not big on diplomacy through personal relations but merkel is as close to a trusted fend as he has in europe. to infuriate her amounts to sloppy plungeling that hurts american soft power in lasting ways. pivot to asia was not supposed to mean leave all europe peeved. but all europe is. the perception here is of a united states where security has trumped liberty, intelligence agencies run amuck and the once-admired checks and balances studied by johnson school children have become at best secret. a repivot to europe as is an internal u.s. security-freedom rebalancing. richard haas explain. >> we have a situation where th
joining us now the president of the council on foreign relations and author of the book "foreign policy begins at home, the case for putting america's house in order." richard haas good to have you here. our first must read is from the "new york times" and i'll need your help. >> i have to put my glasses on. >> what's this word? look. right here. handyuberwachung. that would be called spying on cell phone calls. yeah. that's easier to say. obama in his cool...
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on foreign policy, america continues to be first in property and safe guarding human rights. the world is a better place when america is the strongest nation on earth. we can't remain powerful if we don't have a economy that can afford it. in the short time i've been in washington, nothing has been more difficult than the choices. the choice is not just between big government or business. what we need is accountable and efficient and effective government that allows small and new businesses to create more middle class jobs. we don't have to raise taxes to avoid the president's devastating cuts to our military. republicans passed a plan that replaced these cuts with responsible spending reforms. in order to balance our budget the choice doesn't have to be higher taxes or dramatic benefit cuts for those in need, instead we should grow our economy so we can create new taxpayers, not new taxes. so our government can afford to help others who truly cannot help themselves. and the truth is every problem can't be solved by the government. many are caused by the moral breakdown in ou
on foreign policy, america continues to be first in property and safe guarding human rights. the world is a better place when america is the strongest nation on earth. we can't remain powerful if we don't have a economy that can afford it. in the short time i've been in washington, nothing has been more difficult than the choices. the choice is not just between big government or business. what we need is accountable and efficient and effective government that allows small and new businesses to...